Darkwave, in addition to being a really neat little image-story by
The Custodian, is also a
subgenre of
electronic music. It finds its roots in
goth music and the darker
synthpop of the
1980s, with some industrial thrown into the mix. The sound is best described as "
dark techno" -- lots of electronic sounds and samples, usually woven around either a solid beat or an ethereal melodic line. Examples of darkwave might include
Apoptygma Berzerk,
Xymox and
Tiamat.
Darkwave is frequently played in clubs that are not devoted exclusively to goth music, as it is much easier to dance to than ordinary goth fare, bearing a closer resemblance to "normal" dance music than ("too vicious! too loud!") industrial or ("too slow! too depressing!") goth music.